docks

Example Sentences

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"When they were both down at the docks waiting on their sons coming back from the Yangtze incident, the newspaper had taken their photo," Bannister said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The Nora docks at Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export and loading hub.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When I rotated from the docks to the trading floor in my first 10 years at Mobil, I could do the work and I could do the math.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

"And that time-limited interest expired in 2004 -- more than a decade before the cruise lines ever used the docks."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

When the ship docks, I look out at the vast city that embraces the Sea of Marmara and inhale the salty air.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar